Andy Murray vs Gavin Rees. EBU Lightweight title. 4th June, Cardiff.

joepenguin

Its a winnable fight for Andy even though its not on home soil. Rees is better than people give him credit for. He didnt win prizefighter, the British title and hold Amir Kahns WBA title not so long ago for nothing.
Andys last performance wont exactly make him odds on favourite but hopefully that will stand to him come fight night.

slapbangwallop

Frampton on the under card as well

Spazdarn

Excited about Frampton as a prospect, Andy should win this fight fairly comprehensively.

slapbangwallop

ToiletFusion wrote: »

Excited about Frampton as a prospect, Andy should win this fight fairly comprehensively.

You think? I see Rees as the heavy favourite.

Silkeyjoe

joepenguin wrote: »

Its a winnable fight for Andy even though its not on home soil. Rees is better than people give him credit for. He didnt win prizefighter, the British title and hold Amir Kahns WBA title not so long ago for nothing.
Andys last performance wont exactly make him odds on favourite but hopefully that will stand to him come fight night.

Definitely a winable fight. Rees if anything has too much credit. Winning prizefighter is no accomplishment and lost title in his 1st defence. He's a high stamina, busy fighter and would not beat any boxer with a good skill set - it will be a fight to see how good Murray is? Personally I think he will win this fight and that will be his top achievment as he will not go onto world level

LowOdour

this might be a slightly off topic question but there was something written in the Irish Sun last saturday about andy murray who is training in connemara.
It was just a snippet but it said ,and im paraphrasing, "lets hope he andy doesnt use the connemara fighting skills and bring a knife to the ring with him".
If anybody could clarify this, that would be great. Have to say i was taken back when it was mentioned to me but couldnt find anything online about it

megadodge

LowOdour wrote: »

this might be a slightly off topic question but there was something written in the Irish Sun last saturday about andy murray who is training in connemara.
It was just a snippet but it said ,and im paraphrasing, "lets hope he andy doesnt use the connemara fighting skills and bring a knife to the ring with him".
If anybody could clarify this, that would be great. Have to say i was taken back when it was mentioned to me but couldnt find anything online about it

I think that should clear it up.

Starie1975

LowOdour wrote: »

this might be a slightly off topic question but there was something written in the Irish Sun last saturday about andy murray who is training in connemara.
It was just a snippet but it said ,and im paraphrasing, "lets hope he andy doesnt use the connemara fighting skills and bring a knife to the ring with him".
If anybody could clarify this, that would be great. Have to say i was taken back when it was mentioned to me but couldnt find anything online about it

Have a look here lads.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056280228

slapbangwallop

Starie1975 wrote: »

Have a look here lads.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056280228

Reading that it all looks a little over the top and disproportionate to be honest.

No one can accuse me of trying to put down Ros Muc, in fact only this week I made a video about Sean Mannion and put it on YouTube.

But it just looks like a couple of people taking a small comment out of context. Comes across as being massively over sensitive.

Starie1975

Just read today's Irish Sun and the apology on it. Very well written and explained. I except the apology, I would urge everyone to do the same.

I wish Kevin all the best and hope that the matter is over. Good luck the Andy in his fight.

DB10

This fight is live on Sky sports 10:30 I see. They had an interview on Sky Sports News earlier with Gavin Rees his opponent, he seemed to be getting all the attention and looking forward to World title bid after it.

Lets hope Andy can take him off guard! Be great for Irish boxing. C'mon Andy....:D

DB10

Andy Murray by Decision 4-1 on Sky Bet.

Worth a flutter anyone?

WexfordWarrior

andy murray is a good fighter with good skillz ... gavin ree's will walk through punches to throw one... if a good technical fighter faces ree's ... ree's will lose because he doesnt know how to counteract a good boxer fighting off the back foot and peppering him with counters.... his face was a complete mess against andreas kotelnik a few years ago when kotelnik beat him for his wba title and you woudlnt call kotelnik in the elite of world fighters even though he is solid...

Ree's was out on his feet after about the 4th round if i can remember correct but he has a big big heart and lots of determination... i think he could of even perferated his ear drum in that fight in and around round 6 and he fought on bravely... he has plenty of guts, gets busy and can take punishment but can andy murray dish it out... anytime ive seen murray he always seems a bit off the pace and could do more... no doubting murray has the talent but this will be a test for him but one i think he has the chance of winning. best of luck to andy...i hope he does win.

slapbangwallop

WexfordWarrior wrote: »

andy murray is a good fighter with good skillz ... gavin ree's will walk through punches to throw one... if a good technical fighter faces ree's ... ree's will lose because he doesnt know how to counteract a good boxer fighting off the back foot and peppering him with counters.... his face was a complete mess against andreas kotelnik a few years ago when kotelnik beat him for his wba title and you woudlnt call kotelnik in the elite of world fighters even though he is solid...

Ree's was out on his feet after about the 4th round if i can remember correct but he has a big big heart and lots of determination... i think he could of even perferated his ear drum in that fight in and around round 6 and he fought on bravely... he has plenty of guts, gets busy and can take punishment but can andy murray dish it out... anytime ive seen murray he always seems a bit off the pace and could do more... no doubting murray has the talent but this will be a test for him but one i think he has the chance of winning. best of luck to andy...i hope he does win.

That was at Light welter thought. Rees is back at his more natural Lightweight now and looking good for it.

Anyway, Murray, frampton and O'Kane are all weighed in now.

http://boxing-ireland.com/20110603_andy_murray_rees_weighin_59.html

Boooourns

I fear that Rees will be too skillful for Murray and win on points, i'd love to be proved wrong.

slapbangwallop

Results as they happen from the undercard will be on my twitter page. Just arriving in Cardiff now.

BeanFlicker

lads what time this fight be on roughly?

Edit: 10:30

slapbangwallop

O'kane result in. See @loveirishboxing.

Naturetrailer

This has the potential to be a great fight. Come on Andy!

any streams for this?

DB10

C'mon Andy!!:D

Fear for him though it will be tough if it goes to the judges, most judges are homers in boxing these days....:(

BeanFlicker

rarnes1 wrote: »

any streams for this?

http://mypremium.tv/

Sky 1 Stream 2

Seillejet

Holding his own so far. C'mon Andy.

Commentary is really biased towards Rees or is it just me?

themandan6611

god i hate Sky

Daroxtar

Andy lookin very ponderous here.

themandan6611

afraid to let things go

Seillejet

Agreed but I suppose it is a little better than watching the usual Murray fight with Mgee and Davy Boy doing the commentary. "He has to be careful there now really careful from Davy boy continously"

themandan6611

he keeps landing short for a reason, he's afraid to commit and thats bad for a boxer

Lord Trollington

Andy looks very slow. He's throwing punches that aren't reaching the target despite his superior reach.

He's going to be beaten, no doubt.

Lord Trollington

themandan6611 wrote: »

he keeps landing short for a reason, he's afraid to commit and thats bad for a boxer

Its shocking how many he has thrown and there not even reaching the gloves

Daroxtar

Yep, Rees has a massive speed advantage. Andy is landing some shots but Rees is returning them all with about 2 more for good measure. Cant see anything but a rees win here even at this early stage unless Murray has a serious change in store for the second half of the fight

Lord Trollington

I dont think i've ever seen a slow a puncher....

themandan6611

whycliff wrote: »

I dont think i've ever seen a slow a puncher....

watch murray in slow-mo

Lord Trollington

needs to move in and box now, he has nothing to lose. might aswell be knocked out...

Paully D

whycliff wrote: »

I dont think i've ever seen a slow a puncher....

Seillejet

Rees is not even bothering with a defence any more. He can bang too. All I can see is more punishment for Murray. He is taking some real heavy hits.

gilmour

i really hate to watch powder punchers

Will I Amnt

As poor a performance as I've seen in a while,there looks to be nothing behind them punches.

Daroxtar

Andy is doing a good job















of making Rees look like Pacquiao

bellybuster12

its all fairly standard tbh. murray not in the fight cos he is not good enough, rees is no world beater either. good for andy to finally be in with some decent company, he will learn more in this half hour than all of his other fights put together. just hope he makes it to the final bell.

Lord Trollington

Andrew looks very amateurish to be fair.constantly walking in straight lines thowing straight jabs, no combinations . landing maybe 1 in every 8 punches, very often hitting thin air.

Shocking thing about his performance is that he has not changed his style or approach whatsoever.

No aggression whatsoever.

A better round from Murray

Seillejet

Is Froch on this channel later on lads?

Lord Trollington

andy had him against the rope under a little pressure and he steps back from him instead of pounding him with combinations.

bellybuster12

lol at rees if he folds here!!!!!!!

Seillejet

Where did that come from. Are we looking at a Marky Mark Micky Ward situation??

Daroxtar

Jesus. Rees really looks shot:eek: If Murray wins this...... I cant even think what to say

Murray is clearly the fitter. Rees is hanging on

Daroxtar

Aah tbh Rees is going to survive this. Andy hasnt got the nous to stop him holding or the power to knock him

redout

What time roughly is Froch scheduled to be in the ring?

amacachi

Wasn't there a point off earlier for holding? Love how he's done more since and nothing done about it.